Michigan minimum wage increases to $9.25 in 2018

Workers making minimum wage in Michigan will start off the New Year with a raise.

Under a state law, the minimum wage rate will rise to $9.25 an hour, up from $8.90.

The increase is the last of several hikes in the minimum wage after the Workforce Opportunity Wage Act took effect in May 2014.

The law, which applies to employers in the state with two or more workers age 16 and older, also allows for a youth training wage. That wage is 85 percent of the minimum wage for employees ages 16 and 17. The youth training wage will rise to $7.86 an hour, up from $7.57.